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March 4, 2020 Statement

NGOs' Urgent Call to Action: EU Member States Should Commit to the Emergency Relocation of Unaccompanied Children from the Greek Islands

March 4, 2020 News Release

Greece/EU: Urgently Relocate Lone Children

Refugee Camps Have Reached Breaking Point

A boy stands next to a hole in the fence of the Moria camp following rainfall, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Elias Marcou
March 4, 2020 News Release

Greece/EU: Respect Rights, Ease Suffering at Borders

Provide Humane Collective Response to Migration Challenges

A boy from Afghanistan arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020.
February 18, 2020 Dispatches

EU Turns Its Back on Migrants in Distress

New Naval Mission Designed to Avoid Sea Rescues

Migrants are transfered by Italian sailors from the German combat supply ship 'Frankfurt am Main' to the their ship 'Grecale' after being rescued during EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, March 29, 2016.
February 12, 2020 News Release

Italy: Halt Abusive Migration Cooperation with Libya

As Abuse Is Known, Material Assistance Makes Rome Complicit

Photo released by the Libyan Coast Guard showing people disembarking in Libya after being intercepted offshore, June 24, 2018.
January 31, 2020 News Release

Italy: Revoke Abusive Anti-Asylum Decrees

Draconian Migration Measures Put Lives, Rights at Risk

Migrants are crowded together on deck of the rescue ship "Eleonore" as it seaches for a safe port in the Mediterranean.
December 18, 2019 Report

Greece: Unaccompanied Children at Risk

Arriving Alone in Island Camp, They Face Insecurity, Neglect

A boy stands next to a hole in the fence of the Moria camp following rainfall, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Elias Marcou
December 4, 2019 Report

Greece: Camp Conditions Endanger Women, Girls

Asylum Seekers Lack Safe Access to Food, Water, Health Care

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November 26, 2019 News Release

Greece: Put Rights at Heart of New Border Plan

Focus on Mainland Transfers, Not Detention

A Syrian man reads inside his tent at a makeshift camp outside Moria on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece.
November 13, 2019 Statement

Italy Shares Responsibility for Libya Abuses against Migrants

Third-Party Intervention Filed at European Court of Human Rights

November 12, 2019 Statement

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Submissions to the European Court of Human Rights

July 15, 2019 News Release

Croatia: President Admits Unlawful Migrant Pushbacks

Halt Abusive Operations; Justice Needed

A migrant who claims he was beaten by Croatian police while attempting to cross the border to Croatia shows his injury at a factory hall turned migrants facility in Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
July 12, 2019 News Release

European Union/Libya: Act Now to Save Lives

Release, Evacuate Detained Refugees and Migrants

Debris covers the ground after an airstrike on the Tajoura migrant detention center in Tajoura east of Tripoli in Libya where 53 migrants were killed, Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
May 16, 2019 Commentary

They Tried to Reach Europe and Were Turned Back. Now They're Trapped in Libya's Crossfires

A detainee stands outside a toilet stall in the Ain Zara detention center, Tripoli, July 5, 2018.
May 16, 2019 News Release

Italy: Reject Anti-Rescue Proposals

Criminal Penalties Could Deter Saving Lives at Sea

The migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, carrying 47 migrants, comes into dock at the Sicilian port of Catania, southern Italy, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

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